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[email protected] · May 20th 13, 09:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(martin) wrote:

Last night, while trying to get from Gatwick Airport to E9, Google's
journey planner came up the fastest route being via Clapham Junction
and the Overground.

Gatwick to Whitechapel is £20.60 for an Anytime single; versus £11.20
for an Anytime single from Gatwick to Clapham Junction plus £1.50
off-peak Oyster single for the remainder of the journey. Obviously I
went for the latter.

With only a couple of minutes to make the change, I couldn't see any
obvious Oyster validators on platforms 1&2. A man in a high
visibility tabard with a roundel on the back directed me down to the
subway, where I was told that I should lean over the gateline and tap
in on the entry reader.

Is this really how it's meant to be done? I was expecting a
standalone reader on the platform - like on the Victoria Line at
Finsbury Park.

Lucky you didn't want to use the pink reader at Willesden Junction to avoid
being charged for going via Zone 1. You have to go all round the station to
find it.

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Colin Rosenstiel